MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 33.1,-62.62 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -62.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1022 2 27.6 23.6 79 4.0 24.6 167 7 298.8 302.2 297.0 351.9 18.19 1 1000 195 25.6 22.4 82 3.2 23.3 167 7 298.8 301.9 296.5 349.3 17.32 2 950 645 21.8 20.4 92 1.3 20.8 166 7 299.3 302.2 295.8 346.3 16.12 3 900 1114 20.0 14.9 73 5.1 16.6 148 5 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.4 11.95 4 850 1606 17.9 10.7 63 7.1 13.3 121 5 304.9 306.6 292.7 333.5 9.58 5 800 2123 15.2 7.3 59 7.9 10.4 106 4 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.9 8.06 6 750 2667 11.9 3.9 58 8.1 7.3 79 2 309.5 310.8 291.8 330.3 6.74 7 700 3241 8.2 0.4 58 7.8 4.0 13 2 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.1 5.62 8 650 3849 3.9 -2.5 63 6.4 0.7 337 4 313.4 314.3 291.4 328.9 4.91 9 600 4495 -0.1 -6.1 64 6.0 -2.9 312 5 316.0 316.8 291.5 329.0 4.04 10 550 5187 -3.8 -12.2 52 8.4 -7.2 300 5 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.6 2.73 11 500 5934 -7.7 -14.6 58 6.9 -10.3 290 4 323.6 324.1 292.3 332.0 2.47 12 450 6746 -12.5 -16.4 73 3.9 -13.9 287 6 327.5 328.0 293.2 335.7 2.36 13 400 7638 -17.5 -20.0 80 2.6 -18.3 308 5 332.3 332.7 294.1 339.1 1.95 14 350 8625 -24.4 -25.3 93 0.9 -24.6 352 5 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.0 1.40 15 300 9729 -32.6 -33.9 89 1.3 -32.8 37 9 339.4 339.6 294.8 342.2 0.73 16 250 10988 -42.1 -47.2 57 5.1 -42.4 355 21 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.22 17 200 12455 -54.7 -60.2 50 5.5 -54.9 344 37 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14235 -68.0 -69.0 87 1.0 -68.0 5 30 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16662 -66.6 -82.7 9 16.1 -66.7 354 9 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.09 m Freezing level: 600.80 mb = 4484.37 m = 14712.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.71 mb = 3964.83 m = 13007.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.67 mb = 510.46 m = 1674.73 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.97 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1170.35 m = 3839.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.45 C K Index: 28.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1010.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.26 mb = 771.32 m = 2530.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.26 mb = 2431.27 m = 7976.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.26 mb = 12731.00 m = 41767.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1007.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.26 mb = 16023.28 m = 52569.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -16.9 tot: -16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 163.43 Bulk Shear: 6.18 m/s